Wall construction



Feb. 6, 1923.

A. G. SEA.

WALL CONSTRUCTION.

FILED JUNE 4,192l.

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fm@ @Nm ATTORNEY wie y Meeren ANBRY GUST. SEA, OF CI-ICAGO, ILLNOIS.

WALL CNSTBUCTION.

Application lcdlune 4,

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that l, Yenc-nr than. a subject of the King oi Sweden, residing at Chicago9 in the county of Coeli and State of illinois, have invented new and useful improvements in Vitali Construction, ot which the following is a speci'ication.

This invention relates to building construction and more particularly to a wall construction and an obliect ci the invention is to orovide an etiicient and comparatively cheap wali structure, the major portion oie. which is composed of concrete thereby providing strong, rigid, and durable wall construction which will materially increase the longevity of the building structure in which it is incorporated.

inother object oi? the invention is to provide7 in a wall structure, a concrete waltx reinforced by suitable ioraininous reinforcing material and arranged to brace and reint'oi'ce studs of the buildingoi which the wall is a part7 and also to water prooi1 the portions oiE the studs which are engaged by the concrete to prevent rotting or deterioration ot the studs as well as te water or damp prooi the inner surface ot the concrete wall.

Other objects o the invention will appear in the toilowing detailed description and in the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. i is a Vifi'agnieutary side elevation, partly in .section oit thc improved wall coustruction.

2 is a cross section through the wall structure.

Fig. 3 is a detail section showing a slight modification in the wall structure.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the improved wall construction is built about the studs 1 of the building ot which the wall is to be a part, and includes concrete indicated at 2 of which the wall is termed Aand a oraminous metal reinforcement which is attached to the outer edges ot the studs 1, T he reinforcement 3 may be woven steel wire. interlaced rods. or bars, or any approved type of metal reinforcement, such as used in concrete construction.

The concrete wall structure 2 extends inwardly oit the outer edges ot the studs 1, as shown at 4t in Fig. 2 of the drawingg and encloses substantially the outer halves of the studs 1, thereby interlocking the studs and concrete to Jiorni a rigid wall structure. The studs 1 have their surfaces which are en i921. `serial no. fineco.

gaged by the concrete of the wall structure water-prooted by means of any well known water-proofing compound asindicated at 1 or ii desired they may have a sheet of waterprooiing material as indicated 5 in Fig. 3 ot the dra-wing, mounted about the poi'- tions of the studs which are engaged by the concrete to prevent rotting or deterioration ofthe posts by contact with the concrete or by action of moisture contained in the concrete. The inner edges of the studs 1 have laths or a. lathing structure oi any suitable type as indicated at G attached thereto to which the plaster 7 is attached. As shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing air spaces 8 are provided between the inner wall et the wall structure7 which is formed by the laths 6 and plaster Z and the inner surface of the outer concrete wall 2. The outer surface of the concrete outer wall 2 may `have a coating 9 et stucco or any suitable material thereon to add to the appearance ot the wall.

By interlocking` the studs 1 in the outer concrete wall, a wall ot relatively great strength and rigidity is provided which has suiiicient strength to si pport upper or super structure which may be mounted thereon.

The surface of the outer concrete wall, which faces the inner wall structure is coated with a damp proofing compound as .indicated at 2 to prevent moisture passing through the air spaces 8 into the wall struc-- ture and consequent cracking or warping of the inner wall structure.

Concrete is'subject to swelling or expansion and contraction under varied weather conditions and to prevent cracking oic the walls termed as above specified layers 15 'of waterproof papers, such as tar'paper or the like are embodied in the wall construction at spaced intervals as clearly shown in Fig. 2 oil the drawing. The layers 'of waterproof' pager are preferably formed of aplurality of folds folded one upon the other so as to permit'limited expansion and contraction of the wallswithout` cracking.

itt is? off course., to be understood that the invention may be constructed in various other manners and the parts associated in different relation anch therefore, I do no desire to be limited in any manner except as set torth in thel claims hereunto appended.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. A wall structure for buildings comprising a plurality et' stnda a concrete wall partially enclosing said studs, metal reinu orcen'ients in said concrete Wall, and lolded layers of ivzitei'prooii pai-pei' embodied in the Wall at spaced intervals.

2. In ci Well structure for building, e concrete well end zi plurality o'lfz'olds of heavy waterproof p21-per embodied in said well at spaced intervals;

3. ln s Wall construction, a. plurality of studs, d Concrete Well et one edge of seid studs and enclosing substantially one lialf of the studs for interlocking the studs and concrete wall, un inner well engaging the edges of' the studs opposite' .from the edges enclosed by said concrete Wall, said inner Wall'being-spaced from the concrete Wall to provide air spaces between the studs, and a plurality of folds of Waterproof paper ein-y bedded in said concrete well :it spaced intervals and engaging said studs and extending` transversely from the studs to the outer surfai-oe of tlie wall.

ln testimony whereof l e'lix my signature.

ANDRY GUST. SEA. 

